Criminal psychology : nature, nurture, culture : a textbook and practical reference guide for students and working professionals in the fields of law enforcement, criminal justice, mental health, and forensic psychology / by Laurence Miller.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Criminal psychology is the application of the principles of normal and abnormal psychology to the understanding, prediction, and control of criminal behavior. Criminal Psychology: Nature, Nurture, Culture provides an in-depth yet readable introduction to the foundations of criminal psychology as it is understood and practiced from the classroom to the courtroom.

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Part I. : The Nature and Origins of Criminal Behavior -- 1. : Psychology in the Criminal Justice System -- 2. : Biological Theories of Criminal Behavior -- 3. : Psychosocial Theories of Criminal Behavior -- Part II. : Personality, Psychopathology, and Crime -- 4. : Brain Syndromes and Substance Abuse -- 5. : Schizophrenia and Psychotic Disorders -- 6. : Anxiety and Mood Disorders -- 7. : Personality Disorders -- 8. : Antisocial Personality Disorder and the Psychopath -- Part III. : The Homicides -- 9. : Homicide -- 10. : Serial Homicide -- 11. : Mass Homicide I:Workplace ViolenceCh 12: Mass Homicide II:School Violence -- 13. : Mass Homicide III:Terrorism and Political Violence -- Part IV. : Sex Crimes andFamily Crimes -- 14. : Sex Crimes I:Rape and Sexual Assault -- 15. : Sex Crimes II: Sexual Offenses Against Children -- Chap 16: Family Crime I: Child Abuse and Family Violence -- 17. : Family Crime II:Domestic Violence -- Part V. : Other Crimes and Punishments -- 18. :Stalking and Harassment -- 19. : Juvenile Crime -- 20. : Other Crimes -- 21. : Corrections, the Death Penalty, and Crime Victims.

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